In the first instance your trying to call a non static method on an abstract class. This is never going to work this way
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tim_yatesFeb 2 '13 at 7:45

@tim_yates, Many thanks, my question gave the second thing I tried after org.jaudiotagger.tag.id3.ID3v1Tag.delete(randomAccessFile) but your answer gave the hint I needed. This is what works: curTagv1 = new org.jaudiotagger.tag.id3.ID3v1Tag() curTagv1.delete(randomAccessFile) Thanks again.
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Jeremy BartleFeb 3 '13 at 2:05